Fish-shipping box



April 27,1926. X y 1,582,655

W. E. ANDEREGG FISH SHIPPING BOX Filed April 11 1925 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 &

A ril 27 1926.

I w. E. ANDE REGG FISH SHIPPING B OX Filed April 11 1925 I Q I 1 2Sheets-Sheet 2 @z'ZMZW/rdereyg Patented Apr. 27, 1926.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM E. vANDEREGrGi, OF STURGEON BAY, WISQONSIN.

FISH-SHIPPING BOX.

Application filed April 11, 1925. Serial No. 22,413.

. To all whom it may concern.

Be it knownthat I, \VILLIAM E. ANDEREGG, a. citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Sturgeon Bay, in the county of Door and State of\Visconsin, have invented certain -new and useful Improvements in FishShipping Boxes, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to fish shipping boxes andhas for an importantobject there provide a double container, the inner con tainer of whichis so constructed that it may be readily subdivided into a plurality ofcompartments for the reception of dif ferent kinds of fish or for theseparation of fish which are to be transported and which by itsconstruction furthermore provides for spacing of the containers so thatan insulating air chamber is provided about the inner container.

These and other objects I attain by the construction shown, in theaccompanying drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is showna preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein Figure 1 is aperspective of a fish shipping crate constructed in accordance with myinvention showing the outer casing partially broken away;

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view through the casings;

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the inner casing removed showing atransverse partition in position therein and indicating in dotted lineshow a longitudinal partition can be placed therein; and

Figure 4 is a plan from the blank from which the top, bottom and sidewalls of the inner casings are formed.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the outer containerconsists simply of the ordinary wooden box employed in fish shippinghaving a bottom 10, side walls 11, ends 12 and a hinged top 13. Theinner container constructed in accordance with my. invention, comprisesa sheet 14 which is longitudinally corrugated,-as at 15, certain of thecorrugations gccurring at the side "edges of the sheet, as indicated at15.

The sheet is transversely scored, perforated or otherwise weakened uponlines 16 so that 1t may be readily folded upon these lines to produce abottom 17, sides 18 and a cover 19," each bearing a portion of thecorrugations 15 and 15. At each corrugation upon the lines 16, the sheetis slit, as indicated at 20,-so that the sheet may be folded at thesecorrugations. This sheetis folded to produce a rectangular tube, as moreclearly shown in Figure 3 and at this time the corrugations 15 and 15will unite to provide troughs for the reception of par titions 20 whichmay be inserted in the corrugations 15 or end walls22 which may beinserted in the corrugations 15*. The end walls22 are preferablyprovided with outstanding ribs formed by corrugating such walls asindicated at 23. It will be obvious that a device of this characterbeing free from fastenings, hinges and the'like, may be very readilycleansed andprepared for installation. It will also be obvious that asmany partitions may be provided as there are corrugations 15 and theinner containerprovided with as manyicompartments as are desired forsegregating the contents thereof.

It will furthermore beobvious that the construction hereinbefore setforth is capable of a certain range of change and modification withoutmaterially departing from the spirit of my invention and I accordinglydo not limit myself to such specific structure except as hereinafterclaimed.

1. A fish shipping box comprising outer and inner containers, the innercontainer comprising a'sheetof metal longitudinally corrugated andtransversely folded to pro duce the top, bottom and sides of said innercontainer, the corrugations of the inner container forming upon theouter face thereof outstanding ribs maintaining the inner container inspaced relation to the'outer container, and end walls for said innercontainer.

2. A fish shipping box comprising outer v 3. A fish shipping boxcomprising outer and inner containers, the inner container comprlslng asheet of metal longltudlnally corrugated and transversely folded toproduce the top, bottom and sides of said inner container, thecorrugations of the inner container forming upon the outer face thereofoutstanding ribs maintaining the inner container in spaced relation tothe outer container. and end walls for said inner con tainer havingtheir edges engaged in grooves formed by said corrugations upon theinterior of the inner container, said end walls having alignedcorrugations providing ribs upon their outer faces and grooves upontheir inner faces.

4. A fish shipping box comprising outei and inner containers, the innercontainer comprisin a sheet of metal lon 'tudinally corrugate andtransversely fold e d to produce the to bottom and sides of said innercontainer, t 1e corrugations of the inner container forming upon theouter face thereof outstanding ribs maintaining the inner containerin'spaced relation to the outer container, end walls for said innercontainer having their edges engaged in grooves formed by saidcorrugations upon the inte rior of the inner container, said end wallshaving aligned corrugations providing ribs upon their outer faces andgrooves upon their inner faces, the aligned corrugations of said sidewalls or end walls being adapted for the reception of the edges ofpartitions subdividing the interior of the inner container.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiix my signature.

VILLIAM E. ANDEREGG. I

